Reel and supporting device for lines.



M. KRULAN & A. P. LAUSTER.

REEL AND SUPPORTING DEVIGE FOR LINES.

APPLICATION FILED OGT.14, 1911.

l,0%8,9&3, Patented Nov. 12,1912.

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HICHAEL KRULAN, OF PATERSOLl', NEW JERSEY, AND AUGUST P. LAUSTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.; SAID LAIISTEB ASSIGNOR TO SAID KRULAN.

REEL AND SUPPORTING DEV ICE F63 LINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 112, 1912.

Application filed October 14, 1911. Serial No. 854,874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MICHAEL KRULAN and AUGUST P. LAUSTER, citizens of the United States, residing at Paterson and New York, respectively, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, and in the county of New York and State of New York, respectively, have invented a new and useful Reel and Supporting Device for Lines, of which the following 18 aspecification.

This invention is a reel and supporting device for lines, and particularly clothes lines.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved reel and support for lines which will be simple in construction and operation and whiclrmay be manufactured at a minimum cost.

Referring to the drawing Figure 1 1s a plan view showing our invention in use. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of our 111- vention showing the reel, with the line wound up thereupon, locked against rotation. Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of our invention showing the reel, with the line wound thereupon, unlocked and ready to be rotated to let out the line. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of our invention. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of our invention showing the crank for rotating the reel and the means for locking the reel against rotation. Fig.

6 is a detail view of the spindle upon which the reel is mounted. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view taken on line 7 of Fig.2 showing the means for fastening the reel to the splndle.

The numeral 1 in the drawin designates a bracket, which comprises a ont wall 2 side walls 3 and 3 and ears 4 which are adapted to rest against a suitable support. The ears 4 are provided with holes 5 through which screws or nails may be driven into the support to attach the bracket thereto in position for use. The walls 3 and 3 of the bracket are respectively provided with holes 6 and 6 to receive the spindle7. reel 8 is provided with a central axial opening 9 through which the spindle 7 is also inserted when the spindle is inserted through the openings .6 in the bracket 1, whereby the reel 8 is rotatably mounted in the bracket. The spindle 7 is provided with keys 10 which are driven into the reel 8 when the spindle is inserted through the opening 9 therein, whereby the reel is made fast to the s indle, so that it will rotate therewith. e end of the spindle 7 is bent in the form of a hook to form a crank 11 and a locking element 12. The wall 3 is rovided with a hole 13 to receive the end 0 the locking element 12 to lock the reel against rotation when so desired. Slots 14 are formed at eachside of the hole 6 so that the keys 10 may be inserted through the wall 3 so that said portions may be driven into the reel to secure the reel to the spindle, when the spindle is inserted through the openings 6 and 6 in position in the bracket 1. The keys 10 are preferably located near the crank end of the spindle or near the end which enters the opemng 9 1n the reel last, so that it will be necessary only to drive the keys 10 a short distance into the reel, in order to secure the reel to the spindle. The distance between the Walls 3 and 3 and the width 'of the reel 8 are of such dimensions that the reel may be moved axially a short distance so that the locking element 12 may be inserted in the opening 13 to lock the reel against rotatlon or removed from said opening to unlock the reel to enable it to be rotated. The reel 8 preferably comprises two spools 15 and 15, upon which the lines 16 and 16 are wound, but we do not limit ourselves to this particularnumber of spools. The front wall 2 of the bracket 1 1 provided with holes 17 and 17 through Wild! the lines 16 and 16 extend from the spools 15 and 15. Rings 25 may be'f astened to the ends ofthe lines 16 and 15 to engage the wall 1 of the bracket, to prevent the ends of the lines ,from being drawn through the holes 17 and 17 by the reel when the lines are wound on the spools, and to' engage a suitable support to support the end of the lines when they are drawn out for use.

The operation of our improved reeland supporting device is as follows: Assuming the device to be secured in position to a suitable support and it"is desired to putup the lines, the spindle and reel are moved axially until the locking element 12 is disengaged from the hole 13; the lines 16 and 16 are then drawn ofl' the spools 15 and 15 through the openings 17 and 17 and the ends thereof hooked to 'any suitable supports 20; the locking element 12 is then brought into registration with the hole 13, and the spindle 7 and'reel 8 moved until the locking element the reel with each line supported at one end by a support 20 and at its other end by our improve reel and supporting device. When it is desired to take the lines out of the way when not in use, the ends of the lines are disengaged from the supports 20, the

locking element '12 is disengaged from the 'hole' 13, the reel is then rotated by the crank 11 until the lines are wound upon the spools and .the locking element 12 is then inserted in the hole 13 whereby the reel is locked in. position with the lines wound up thereupon.

The advantages of the construction of our invention lie principally in the bracket 1 and the spindle 7. The bracket may be made of a single piece of sheet metal by bending the same. The sha e of the bracket:

direction, to lock the reel against rotation. v

is such that a long strip 0 sheet metal of the required width may be cut up into a number of pieces without any waste, from each of which pieces a bracket. may be formed. The spindle 7 may be made from a piece of rod of thedesired diameter and length by bending it into shape and stamping out the keys 10. From a long rod of suitable diameter a considerable number of spindles may be cut and made into the proper shape.

We do not limit ourselves to the precise details of construction herein shown and described as it is obvious that variations may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having described our invention we claim:

1. A device ofthe character disclosed-comprising a bracket provided with spindle holes and a keyhole, a reel, a spindle adaptedto be inserted through said spindle holes andreel to mount the reel in the bracket, a key on said spindle adapted to be insorted through said keyhole and driven into said reel to key the reel to the spindle and a crank for rotating the spindle and reel.

23A device of the character disclosed comprising a bracket, a spindle mounted in the two opposite walls of the bracket to rotate and move axially with relation to the bracket, 2. reel mounted on the spindle begage said walls to limit the axial movement of the spindle, said' spindle provided with a crank and a locking element, said bracket rovided with means for co-acting with said ockingelement, when the spindle'is moved axially in one direction, to lock the reel against rotation.

3. A device of the character described said bracket to rotate and move axially therein a reel mounted upon said' spindle adapted to engage said bracket to limit the axial movement of the spindle, said spindle provided with a crank and. a locking element, said bracket provided with means for co-acting with said locking element, when the spindle is moved axially in one 4. A device of the character described comprising a bracket, a spindle mounted in said bracket to rotate and move axially therein, a reel mounted upon said spindle adapted to engage said bracket to limit the axial movement of the spindle, said spindle having one of its ends bent to form a crank and a locking element, said bracket pro- MICHAEL KRULAN. AUGUST P. LAUSTER.

Witnesses J. Ross MILLWARD,

ALLAN W. FOOSE.

tween said walls, said reel adapted to en;

comprising a bracket, a spindle mounted in.

vided with a hole to receive the locking 

